LEMONS restricted item in Asda supermarket!

[pduffy4]

After reading this post (http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1026221&postcount=44) I decided to buy two Lemons in my local Asda supermarket. I put the two lemons on the weighing scale and got a message saying more or less that I have went over the allowed quantity!:eek:

I ask a member of staff about it and she said you can only put through one lemon at a time. She did not know why. So I grasped each lemon in each hand and tore the bag so I could put one at a time on the scale.

EDIT: at the end before I could pay for my goods I had to get the staff member to do something to the machine on account of buying more than one lemon!!! Forgot that earlier.

I did not ask just how many lemons can be bought on one trip to the store but will try to ask next time I am in this ridiculous store.

Please post your lemon adventures.

If lemons do indeed alkalize the body when consumed, which I expect is correct, then they would help to protect you from cancer as cancer can't survive in an alkaline body.

thanks for correcting my mistake Gilly. I wrongly typed that cancer can't survive in a acidic body but it should have read "can't survive in an alkaline body"

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2W8aiXwTE4I/SZPgNhWAfGI/AAAAAAAAACk/IahPU-76ZJE/s320/paid-for-by-lemon-growers-to-foster-lemon-awareness.jpg

[tom bombadil]

If lemons do indeed alkalize the body when consumed, which I expect is correct, then they would help to protect you from cancer as cancer can't survive in an acidic body.



This would ring true then as when one distills water to purify it, you should (I understand), add some alkalinity to it for 'safety' as it is otherwise too pure.



Nelly.

[father ted]

This would ring true then as when one distills water to purify it, you should (I understand), add some alkalinity to it for 'safety' as it is otherwise too pure.



Nelly.

That's interesting, because distilled water doesn't show up as 7 on my ph reader so wow I didn't know this was a given, coincidental, I just had distilled water with lemon!

The tap water shows 7 on the ph scale though. Nice to know they care.

[redskywalker]

:eek:
I love my lemons and I love my lemon juice :mad: I will be buying more than one tomorrow just because! :D Man I'm a rebel. ok, so the truth is I have friends coming from scotland and they like their gin :o but i'll still be buying two :p VOTE LEMONS

[chaste]

You can get the Smartprice ones in a pack. They seemed to be smaller this week, though.

[yozhik]

This would ring true then as when one distills water to purify it, you should (I understand), add some alkalinity to it for 'safety' as it is otherwise too pure.



Nelly.

I'm getting mighty confused :confused:

I thought I had read somewhere (maybe even on DI) that one of the major reasons for our dis-ease was due to our diets being too acidic ... and that by making it more alkaline, many of our illnesses would disappear.

Or have I got that ass about face? :rolleyes:

[disorder2k8]

I'm getting mighty confused :confused:

I thought I had read somewhere (maybe even on DI) that one of the major reasons for our dis-ease was due to our diets being too acidic ... and that by making it more alkaline, many of our illnesses would disappear.

Or have I got that ass about face? :rolleyes:

Thats partly correct, but I think the debate was about acidity in soft drinks

[redskywalker]

nope you have it totally correct, an alkaline body is the way to go, but, it seems lemons although highly acidic seem to create an alkaline body :D
All the sites that I visit about eating well seem to be saying to move to a more alkaline body is the healthy way to go and ALL of them say lemons are a major part of alklalising the body, however, there are of course those who say that no matter what you eat you cannot change the acidity alkalinity of the blood as it is balanced continually and the only thing that can be made more alkaline is the urine. So, lol that in mind it's all about what you believe again i feel. I feel eating more fruit and veg (predominately alkaline) are obviously more beneficial than eating a pound of steak which is acid, (and full of fear adrenalin and crazy steroids etc.). I personally believe that moving in the direction of what the alkalising people say is for me :D
you are what you eat. That isn't said for no reason, so the people saying that it makes no difference what you eat in my opinion are the ones who are now placed to thwart people becoming healthier within themselves. just my tuppence:o
joy and love and light to all

[kiwimaj]

Half a squeezed lemon into some hot water as a drink, first thing in the morning is great, helps clear out mucus built up on your colon from the day before..

I can go to the local markets and pick up a bowl full for a quid, sometimes there can be 10 lemons (or more, depending on the season). You will find though that in the next few months lemons will be more expensive, this happened last year and at one point you couldn't even get any at the market !

Do they not grow lemons here in the UK? Are they not in season here during the summer months? Very odd indeed !

I LOVE lemons...:)

[wildhorse]

lemon in water is very very cleansing for the body...it deep cleans into the tissues, getting rid of all them stored toxins from foods, drugs and household products etc. I believe that these stored chemicals etc are the main cause of cancer.

When I would do a lemonade fast for about 10 days, I would buy 3 for each day (not at same time or shop mind, cos I dont wanna look more nuts than I already do :p)

Lemons are great for the body, in disease pervention ...so yeah kinda figures, ban lemons :mad:

The whole "you can only buy a lemon" enforcement tho has got right under my skin...being dictated to like this...as if we are children who cannot be trusted to squeeze just one lemon a day

FFS

Oh....and lemons are good for getting rid of gallstones...

I would squeeze one lemon and mix in equal amount of virgin olive oil and spoon it til its all gone (makes a better salad dressing hehe)
This flushes any gallstones that have formed...tho if you have had for a while get a scan first, cos if you try this with large gallstones, youre in for a crippling night if they get stuck in a duct, and its emergency ozzy time!

Funny, my dr was all for this when I mentioned this...but my dr is actually quite progressive in alternative therapies to give her credit

[father ted]

nope you have it totally correct, an alkaline body is the way to go, but, it seems lemons although highly acidic seem to create an alkaline body :D


Probably because overbalancing your system with acid makes your body produce the opposite - alkaline based somethingorrather.

[ownoiz]

Suppose one could do the rounds if you want more, i know you shouldnt have to, reminds me of the meth cookers that go to every Pharmacy in town and buy 1 pack of cough medicine at each place.

Since when did lemons become a drug :( :mad:
.

[angelx777]

lemon juice is one of the main ingredients in my 'skin face bomb' , which makes your skin look 10 years younger in two hours

[gilly]

http://www.trans4mind.com/nutrition/pH.html


"The Science: Why are acidic lemons alkaline-producing?

The answer is simply that when we digest the food, it produces alkaline residue. That's why we classify it as an alkaline food. When we digest a food it is chemically oxidized ('burned') to form water, carbon dioxide and an inorganic compound. The alkaline or acidic nature of the inorganic compound formed determines whether the food is alkaline or acid-producing. If it contains more sodium, potassium or calcium, it's classed as an alkaline food. If it contains more sulphur, phosphate or chloride, it's classed as an acid food.

[brainfreeze]

lemon juice is one of the main ingredients in my 'skin face bomb' , which makes your skin look 10 years younger in two hours

What else is in it? :)

[steevo]

After reading this post (http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1026221&postcount=44) I decided to buy two Lemons in my local Asda supermarket. I put the two lemons on the weighing scale and got a message saying more or less that I have went over the allowed quantity!:eek:




You have to WEIGH the lemons ? :confused:Normally you buy the lemons at a fixed price say 30p

[friendsinthesky]

I think lemon may become a problem when consumed often with protein, such as lemon on your fish.

..although, every so often, honey, lemon and alittle bi carb soda in a warm glass of water works for me.

[sixfour]

I think you are all getting wound up about nothing. Sounds like a technical glitch to me, rather than some huge conspiracy to stop people alkalizing their bodies.

Think about it for a second. Those daft "serve yourself" machines have many flaws like this. This is my take on it:

Every item in the supermarket will be in the database, and include all info such as price, any offer associated with it and most certainly weight. (which is why the scales are there - so you don't pinch stuff i guess).

Now, I would assume due to the varying size and weight of natural products (fruit/veg etc) this has been factored in by having a weight range that each item would reasonably fall between. We all know supermarkets have exact standards they force farmers to adhere to in order to remain a supplier, and you notice in the supermarket that all the lemons are "roughly" the same size, colour, texture etc. As the same with apples of the same variety, pears, plums etc etc.

So, my reasonable conclusion is that when you put 2 lemons on the scales at the same time - it calculated it was above the set weight range for a standard lemon and freaked out.






Or, it could be that ASDA is on a mission to subtly restrict the amount of lemons people buy, because they know of the anti-cancer properties and are purposefully trying to dwindle down the population to a more manageable number.

You decide. I'll go for the first explanation i think. :D

[thenymph]

This appeared in our local newspaper last weekend (29 May) which is distributed only here on La Palma. I've translated it as best I can but the Spanish original can be found at http://www.d-ocasion.net/11_09_es.pdf. There is a German pdf version available as well which can be accessed from the home page selecting edition 11_09.

Then go to pages 6-7 for the actual article.

My (near enough) translation follows :-

Oranges are poison
Or, more or less, are the words said in "Codex Alimentarius" legislation which comes into force on 31 December this year. "Codex Alimentarius means "Rules of Food" in Latin. Born in 1962 when the UN was designated as a trade committee to market food, this committee was created to regulate and, therefore, to control every aspect of how food and nutritional supplements should be produced and sold to the consumer.

After many hours of Internet research I have discovered two contrary views, the "legal" and "conspiratorial", obviously, each defending its position with different arguments. On this occasion, as in others, I recommend that the reader investigates the Internet links at the end of this article.

What do you understand from this law?
My view on Codex is a paragraph which appeared on Discovery Health on the topic:

"Given that natural substances are not patentable, multinational pharmaceuticals want to retain the exclusive use of using organizations to impose an international set of rules on the citizens across government, with the appellant but false excuse that they do it to protect our health from possible negative effects. Not only this: they want to make sure that doses relieve the patient but do not heal them. Their business is the chronically ill who have to permanently consume their products. And to achieve that goal is to withdraw all the substances whose natural potential therapeutic effects are evident. That is the truth and the question is: Will we remain indifferent to this?"

For example: they tell us that we can eat an orange a day, but that three oranges are poisonous. Given this new threat to my health freedoms, I have no other option but to protest and say 13,000 times (one for each copy) that I do not agree with this law.

New supermarkets
From next year we will have to buy onions and tomatoes in pharmacies, crime will grow in your garden - your property - and they will prohibit all products that are not in the permitted list, since they are poisonous. Therefore, Codex has been proposed to eliminate each market product which can be beneficial to health, aimed directly at the illegal food supplements, herbs and natural discoveries which have empirically proven good results.

What began, perhaps, as a good health code, some say has been turned into a "good business economy". As a learned consumer I think it is inappropriate for us to forget that what led to the emergence of mad cow disease was "approved", for years "approved" meat was sold, that the insecticide Monsanto and asbestos are "approved", that food irradiation is still "approved" like GM, that ...

Let me conclude with the quote from Mahatma Gandhi which reads: "The world has enough for the needs of all ... but not for the envy of all."

We are in the process of contacting the author but any information anyone else can give us will be very interesting, especially from the Spanish perspective.

The author also mentioned the following website links :-
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/index_es.jsp
http://www.dsalud.com/numero56_1.htm
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/

If the mods feel this would be better posted in a Codex thread, please feel free to move it.

[chipstyxx]

I think you are all getting wound up about nothing. Sounds like a technical glitch to me, rather than some huge conspiracy to stop people alkalizing their bodies.

Think about it for a second. Those daft "serve yourself" machines have many flaws like this. This is my take on it:

Every item in the supermarket will be in the database, and include all info such as price, any offer associated with it and most certainly weight. (which is why the scales are there - so you don't pinch stuff i guess).

Now, I would assume due to the varying size and weight of natural products (fruit/veg etc) this has been factored in by having a weight range that each item would reasonably fall between. We all know supermarkets have exact standards they force farmers to adhere to in order to remain a supplier, and you notice in the supermarket that all the lemons are "roughly" the same size, colour, texture etc. As the same with apples of the same variety, pears, plums etc etc.

So, my reasonable conclusion is that when you put 2 lemons on the scales at the same time - it calculated it was above the set weight range for a standard lemon and freaked out.






Or, it could be that ASDA is on a mission to subtly restrict the amount of lemons people buy, because they know of the anti-cancer properties and are purposefully trying to dwindle down the population to a more manageable number.

You decide. I'll go for the first explanation i think. :D

That's what i was going to point out but I don't have to now. You can still buy pre packed bags of lemons if you like, no restrictions.

[friendsinthesky]

Oh fuck me! Lemons grow on every second tree in Oz. Ok, maybe every sixth. But they cost like 50c per lemon in the supermarket. And some varieties come as 'seedless' on the self serve screen.

[islamvslizards]

interesting talking about alkaline bodies, can someone please show me a thread/ evidence about it? fascinating stuff.

btw is lemon juice that you get in the lemon shaped bottles the same thing as fresh lemon juice?

[friendsinthesky]

interesting talking about alkaline bodies, can someone please show me a thread/ evidence about it? fascinating stuff.

btw is lemon juice that you get in the lemon shaped bottles the same thing as fresh lemon juice?

That shit usually has preservatives (220), check the ingredients label.

[gilly]

interesting talking about alkaline bodies, can someone please show me a thread/ evidence about it? fascinating stuff.

btw is lemon juice that you get in the lemon shaped bottles the same thing as fresh lemon juice?

There's a link to some info in post no. 14

I'd say the Jiffy stuff is a 2nd best to freshly squeezed juice - not that I'm an expert, but I've noticed a difference in cullinary use - fresh is more vibrant tasting.

[yozhik]

Anything useful in terms of nutrients from the zest of a lemon?

[friendsinthesky]

Anything useful in terms of nutrients from the zest of a lemon?

I don't know, BUT the zest of an orange is flammable.

[redskywalker]

if buying lemon juice I buy it in a glass bottle as opoposed to the wee plastic jiff thing that I remember fondly from childhood :D brilliant pocket sized handy water gun replacements I found :p bic pens were good for firing rice too pea-shooter stylee ;)
joy joy and more joy, love and light to all

[gilly]

http://recipes.recipeland.com/ingredients/show/lemon_zest_8352


Lemon zest
Detailed information about the ingredient lemon zest.

USDA Information
Long Description Lemon peel, raw
Valid Measurements •tbsp
•tsp


Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 100g change
tbsptspgrams ounces pounds kg
Amount per Serving
Calories 47.0 6% of calories from fat % Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0.0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 6mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 16.0g 5%
Dietary Fiber 11.0g 42%
Sugars 4.0g
Protein 2.0g 3%
Vitamin A 1% Vitamin C 215%
Calcium 13% Iron 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Recipes that contain lemon zest
There are 1504 recipes that contain this ingredient.

[islamvslizards]

http://www.trans4mind.com/nutrition/pH.html


"The Science: Why are acidic lemons alkaline-producing?

The answer is simply that when we digest the food, it produces alkaline residue. That's why we classify it as an alkaline food. When we digest a food it is chemically oxidized ('burned') to form water, carbon dioxide and an inorganic compound. The alkaline or acidic nature of the inorganic compound formed determines whether the food is alkaline or acid-producing. If it contains more sodium, potassium or calcium, it's classed as an alkaline food. If it contains more sulphur, phosphate or chloride, it's classed as an acid food.

great stuff. is there any reason why we make the juice, and not just eat em like tangerines? theyre not THAT bad to eat

[mrindigo]

Sweet...or should I say sour?:D

I've been a big fan of lemons for most of my life, so this thread is a pleasant surprise. Thanks to everyone who posted helpful information. :)

[pduffy4]

You have to WEIGH the lemons ? :confused:Normally you buy the lemons at a fixed price say 30p

They were loose lemons so no barcode.

[pduffy4]

Lots of great posts, thanks!

[steevo]

They were loose lemons so no barcode.

Well unless things have changed in Asda *spit* then they do NOT weigh them even without a barcode. Like I said they are usually say 30p each. Are you sure they actaully weighed them ?

[steevo]

Oh fuck me! Lemons grow on every second tree in Oz. Ok, maybe every sixth. But they cost like 50c per lemon in the supermarket. And some varieties come as 'seedless' on the self serve screen.

If I lived in Aussie and had a lemon tree, I would take some down to the outside of the supermarket and give them away for free to people. Piss off the "super"markets :) It would start a trend.

[gilly]

I think they have a sheet at the till with EAN's for unbarcoded products.

[wildhorse]

Lots of great posts, thanks!

your welcome! :D

werent you in Shawshank Redemption? ;)

[state_of_mind]

lemon in water is very very cleansing for the body...it deep cleans into the tissues, getting rid of all them stored toxins from foods, drugs and household products etc. I believe that these stored chemicals etc are the main cause of cancer.


Interesting.....

Live and learn, going to buy lemons tomorrow

Tony :)

[kiwimaj]

I bought these yesterday in Lewisham market, 9 HUGE ones for a £1..all rustic as well, probably go for loads in somewhere like Wholefoods...:rolleyes:

Another reason to stay clear of corporate stupermarkets and support your local markets ! AND there was NO RESTRICTION, I could have bought as many bowl fulls as I liked ! :)

Thought you might like to see...I LOVE lemons ! :D

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5686/sta60243.jpg

..and I bought these yesterday as well, luvly Mangos, 8 big ones for £1.50..so go out there peeps and support your local markets !

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/6484/sta60148v.jpg

:D

[beldazar]

Nice one Kiwimaj :)

Its all very wwell saying support your local market, but we dont have one down here.

I bought 4 lemons for about £! at Morrisons the other day, I pushed the boat out and got unwaxed ones :rolleyes:

[macleodmunro]

Sixfour is right, it's a technical glitch.

My Mrs works in asda on those bloody self scan machines and she says it only happens when you buy 2 items, and it doesn't matter if it's lemons.
She says you could buy 1,3,4 or 5 peppers, but if you buy 2 she has to come and clear the glitch.

Quote from the Mrs "you can tell those bloody nut jobs it's nothing to do with asda it's the folk who make the machines".

Hope this helped cleared things up.

[beldazar]

Quote from the Mrs "you can tell those bloody nut jobs it's nothing to do with asda it's the folk who make the machines".

.

PMSL!!! Thats sooo funny! :D

[kiwimaj]

Nice one Kiwimaj :)

Its all very wwell saying support your local market, but we dont have one down here.

I bought 4 lemons for about £! at Morrisons the other day, I pushed the boat out and got unwaxed ones :rolleyes:

Oh, thats a shame...no farmers markets either? Which part of Cornwall are you in?

I found this site, may be of some help?

http://www.foodfromcornwall.co.uk/showfairs.php

:)

[kiwimaj]

Sixfour is right, it's a technical glitch.

My Mrs works in asda on those bloody self scan machines and she says it only happens when you buy 2 items, and it doesn't matter if it's lemons.
She says you could buy 1,3,4 or 5 peppers, but if you buy 2 she has to come and clear the glitch.

Quote from the Mrs "you can tell those bloody nut jobs it's nothing to do with asda it's the folk who make the machines".

Hope this helped cleared things up.

LOL :D

have you posted on the "what do people's other halves think of this forum?"..;)

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67421&highlight=partner

[beldazar]

Oh, thats a shame...no farmers markets either? Which part of Cornwall are you in?

I found this site, may be of some help?

http://www.foodfromcornwall.co.uk/showfairs.php

:)

Oh thankyou Kiwimaj. I have bookmarked it but my problem is I dont have a car. :o

I used to live just outside a village that sold local farm produce but Im in town now...
there is a farm about half a mile from where I live that had a very small stall just outside its gates where you could buy some fresh farm produce for pennies dropped into a pot. It got too popular and has now extended to a tourist farm shop with phenomenal prices :(

There is one farm near me where we go on walks sometimes, they grow potatoes but I was a little disappointed to see they were bagging them up in sacks that had 'Scotlands finest Potatoes' on them....:confused: :( :eek: :rolleyes:

[macleodmunro]

LOL :D

have you posted on the "what do people's other halves think of this forum?"..;)

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67421&highlight=partner

I'll have to check that out. Cheers.

[arty2000]

After reading this post (http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1026221&postcount=44) I decided to buy two Lemons in my local Asda supermarket. I put the two lemons on the weighing scale and got a message saying more or less that I have went over the allowed quantity!:eek:

I ask a member of staff about it and she said you can only put through one lemon at a time. She did not know why. So I grasped each lemon in each hand and tore the bag so I could put one at a time on the scale.

EDIT: at the end before I could pay for my goods I had to get the staff member to do something to the machine on account of buying more than one lemon!!! Forgot that earlier.

I did not ask just how many lemons can be bought on one trip to the store but will try to ask next time I am in this ridiculous store.

Please post your lemon adventures.

If lemons do indeed alkalize the body when consumed, which I expect is correct, then they would help to protect you from cancer as cancer can't survive in an alkaline body.

thanks for correcting my mistake Gilly. I wrongly typed that cancer can't survive in a acidic body but it should have read "can't survive in an alkaline body"

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2W8aiXwTE4I/SZPgNhWAfGI/AAAAAAAAACk/IahPU-76ZJE/s320/paid-for-by-lemon-growers-to-foster-lemon-awareness.jpg

yes one of best foods to alkalize the body

[lookfar]

Some great info in here, thanks guys & gals:)

[arty2000]

dont forget about the limes:)

[kriss_crow]

lemon juice [fresh] is effective germ, bacterias killer.
I use to drink it with tea and honey when I have first simptoms of cold, flue.
It always works.

Second wave of "pig" virus on the horizont?

[arty2000]

That shit usually has preservatives (220), check the ingredients label.

google alkaline foods and you can get a list:)

[kriss_crow]

Brilliant find, mate. worth to paste it here.
My almonds are good to my body ;]]

ALKALIZING FOODS

ALKALIZING VEGETABLES
Alfalfa
Barley Grass
Beets
Beet Greens
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Celery
Chard Greens
Chlorella
Collard Greens
Cucumber
Dandelions
Dulce
Edible Flowers
Eggplant
Fermented Veggies
Garlic
Green Beans
Green Peas
Kale
Kohlrabi
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Mustard Greens
Nightshade Veggies
Onions
Parsnips (high glycemic)
Peas
Peppers
Pumpkin
Radishes
Rutabaga
Sea Veggies
Spinach, green
Spirulina
Sprouts
Sweet Potatoes
Tomatoes
Watercress
Wheat Grass
Wild Greens

ALKALIZING ORIENTAL VEGETABLES
Maitake
Daikon
Dandelion Root
Shitake
Kombu
Reishi
Nori
Umeboshi
Wakame

ALKALIZING FRUITS
Apple
Apricot
Avocado
Banana (high glycemic)
Berries
Blackberries
Cantaloupe
Cherries, sour
Coconut, fresh
Currants
Dates, dried
Figs, dried
Grapes
Grapefruit*
Honeydew Melon
Lemon*
Lime*
Muskmelons
Nectarine*
Orange*
Peach
Pear
Pineapple
Raisins
Raspberries
Rhubarb
Strawberries
Tangerine*
Tomato
Tropical Fruits
Umeboshi Plums
Watermelon

*Although it might seem that citrus fruits would have an acidifying effect on the body, the citric acid they contain actually has an alkalinizing effect in the system.

ALKALIZING PROTEIN
Almonds
Chestnuts
Millet
Tempeh (fermented)
Tofu (fermented)
Whey Protein Powder

ALKALIZING SWEETENERS
Stevia

ALKALIZING SPICES & SEASONINGS
Cinnamon
Curry
Ginger
Mustard
Chili Pepper
Sea Salt
Miso
Tamari
All Herbs

ALKALIZING OTHER
Apple Cider Vinegar
Bee Pollen
Lecithin Granules
Molasses, blackstrap
Probiotic Cultures
Soured Dairy Products
Green Juices
Veggie Juices
Fresh Fruit Juice
Mineral Water
Alkaline Antioxidant Water

ALKALIZING MINERALS
Cesium: pH 14
Potassium: pH 14
Sodium: pH 14
Calcium: pH 12
Magnesium: pH 9


ACIDIFYING FOODS

ACIDIFYING VEGETABLES
Corn
Lentils
Olives
Winter Squash

ACIDIFYING FRUITS
Blueberries
Canned or Glazed Fruits
Cranberries
Currants
Plums**
Prunes**

ACIDIFYING GRAINS, GRAIN PRODUCTS
Amaranth
Barley
Bran, wheat
Bran, oat
Corn
Cornstarch
Hemp Seed Flour
Kamut
Oats (rolled)
Oatmeal
Quinoa
Rice (all)
Rice Cakes
Rye
Spelt
Wheat
Wheat Germ
Noodles
Macaroni
Spaghetti
Bread
Crackers, soda
Flour, white
Flour, wheat

ACIDIFYING BEANS & LEGUMES
Black Beans
Chick Peas
Green Peas
Kidney Beans
Lentils
Pinto Beans
Red Beans
Soy Beans
Soy Milk
White Beans
Rice Milk
Almond Milk

ACIDIFYING DAIRY
Butter
Cheese
Cheese, Processed
Ice Cream
Ice Milk

ACIDIFYING NUTS & BUTTERS
Cashews
Legumes
Peanuts
Peanut Butter
Pecans
Tahini
Walnuts

ACIDIFYING ANIMAL PROTEIN
Bacon
Beef
Carp
Clams
Cod
Corned Beef
Fish
Haddock
Lamb
Lobster
Mussels
Organ Meats
Oyster
Pike
Pork
Rabbit
Salmon
Sardines
Sausage
Scallops
Shrimp
Scallops
Shellfish
Tuna
Turkey
Veal
Venison

ACIDIFYING FATS & OILS
Avacado Oil
Butter
Canola Oil
Corn Oil
Hemp Seed Oil
Flax Oil
Lard
Olive Oil
Safflower Oil
Sesame Oil
Sunflower Oil

ACIDIFYING SWEETENERS
Carob
Sugar
Corn Syrup

ACIDIFYING ALCOHOL
Beer
Spirits
Hard Liquor
Wine

ACIDIFYING OTHER FOODS
Catsup
Cocoa
Coffee
Vinegar
Mustard
Pepper
Soft Drinks

ACIDIFYING DRUGS & CHEMICALS
Aspirin
Chemicals
Drugs, Medicinal
Drugs, Psychedelic
Pesticides
Herbicides
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ACIDIFYING
JUNK FOOD
Coca-Cola: pH 2
Beer: pH 2.5
Coffee: pH 4


** These foods leave an alkaline ash but have an acidifying effect on the body.

[rich]

Lemon in Distilled or Reverse Osmosis water is a must (or some alkalizing drops), plus I love it which is handy :~)

I'm now taking Moreless's Alkalizing drink daily;

Juice of 1 lemon
1 Tablespoon Blackstrap Molasses
1 pinch epsom salts
1 Tablespoon of dilluted Lime Water (Calcium Hyroxide)
1 Glass of Clean Water to mix it in
1 Tablespoon Norwegian Kelp *
(*though I am taking these in tablet form along with the drink as the taste is not best!)

It's a kick ass alkalizer :~)

http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1019269#i

Another part of his protocol which I really dig is Alkalizing baths, loads of Epsom Salts and some Hydrogen Peroxide, then a cold shower off after. It's great stuff.